Large beers, Bavarian comfort food and warm weather: Football fans in town for the 2024 Euro Championship will have a hard time escaping Munich’s world-famous beer gardens this summer. But just as Germany is hitting fever pitch, Munich is opening its newest and perhaps most Instagram-friendly tourist attraction – a museum of optical illusions. With […]
Patrik Schick’s record-breaking goal for the Czech Republic against Georgia only earned them a 1-1 draw to leave both sides’ Euro 2024 hopes in the balance. The Bayer Leverkusen forward’s sixth European Championship goal, surpassing Milan Baros, cancelled out Georges Mikautadze’s penalty opener but despite their dominance, the Czechs could not force the win they […]
This year’s Euros required extensive supply chain efforts. (fifg/Shutterstock) By Bart De Muynck The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. I just witnessed my Belgian Red Devils, who are ranked third in the world, lose against the Slovakian team ranked 48, […]
England are off to a winning start in the Euros 2024, with Jude Bellingham’s header securing a 1-0 victory for Gareth Southgate’s side. But, what was going on with his socks? Some viewers spotted that Bellingham’s football socks were sporting some rather confusing holes in the back of them. England’s Jude Bellingham (R) scored the […]
Victoria Beckham and Coleen Rooney set the precedent for high-flying football wives and girlfriends (WAGS) back in the Noughties, and as we enter another exciting season of football, some new and more established faces have emerged on the scene. WAGS may no longer be sporting denim hot pants and the iconic “England Rocks” tees, but […]
A German YouTuber says he made it onto the field during the European Championship opening ceremony while disguised in a mascot costume, in an incident which revealed flaws in tournament security. Marvin Wildhage published a video appearing to show how he entered the Munich stadium last Friday in a fake costume and danced on the […]
BERLIN (AP) — German investigators announced Monday that they seized cocaine worth 2.6 billion euros ($2.78 billion) from several container ships and arrested seven people in what they called the biggest ever cocaine find in the country. Prosecutors in the western city of Duesseldorf said they confiscated the 35.5 metric tons (39 U.S. tons) of […]
The Ukraninian soccer federation unveiled an installation in Munich of a stadium stand destroyed in the war back home to highlight the ongoing conflict ahead of the team’s first match at the European Championship on Monday. Parts of a stand from Kharkiv’s Sonyachny stadium that was built for Euro 2012 — which Ukraine co-hosted — […]
Ukraine coach Serhiy Rebrov (Wojtek Radwanski) Ukraine coach Serhiy Rebrov said on Sunday it was vital for the team to participate at Euro 2024 to “show the spirit” of a country ravaged by war since the Russian invasion began two years ago. Former Dynamo Kyiv and Tottenham striker Rebrov has led Ukraine to a fourth […]
Nicolo Barella ensured defending champions Italy launched their Euro 2024 campaign with victory over Albania despite conceding the fastest goal in European Championship history. Nedim Bajrami fired the Albanians ahead after just 23 seconds at the BVB Stadion in Dortmund, in the process eclipsing Dmitri Kirichenko’s strike 67 seconds into Russia’s 2-1 win over Greece […]
Use of data and artificial intelligence will help Luke Shaw’s chances of being fully fit for the European Championship, a leading sports scientist has said. Shaw was named in Gareth Southgate’s squad for the summer tournament in Germany despite being out since February with a hamstring injury. He has returned to training in the last […]
Harry Kane revealed Bayern Munich team-mate Thomas Muller left him a good luck note ahead of Euro 2024 which warned him of the German weather as the England skipper reckoned locals now had a “soft spot” for him and his international team-mates. England continue to prepare for their Group C opener against Serbia in Gelsenkirchen […]